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Officer says he thought missing wife's divorce request due to hormonesNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A Bolingbrook police sergeant whose fourth wife has disappeared said today that she had asked him for a divorce -- but he thought it was due to hormones. Dre...
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Couple faces prison time after guilty pleas in drug and dogfighting chargesNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - A Monee couple faces prison after pleading guilty to drug and dogfighting charges. A Will County judge has sentenced 40-year-old Donald Hudgins to two years in prison an...
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Judge strikes down malpractice capsNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - A judge threw out Illinois' law placing caps on some medical malpractice lawsuit awards Tuesday, reigniting debate over one of the Legislature's most contentious issues....
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Legislators thwart Blagojevich's health care end runNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich's emergency government health care expansion was blocked Tuesday by lawmakers who doubted the emergency and questioned his motivation. Un...
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Chicago raises property taxNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - The first domino in a potential tax avalanche fell Tuesday when Chicago's city council voted to raise residents' property taxes as well as a host of other fees and taxes...
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Madigan walks out of heated meeting of state's top politiciansNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Illinois most powerful politicians walked out of a heated meeting today with no deal but with promises to assemble again as early as this afternoon. Left on the table: n...
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Chicago aldermen expected to vote on tax, fee increasesNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Chicagoans will find out soon how much more money the city wants out of their wallets. The Chicago City Council is expected to decide today whether to approve tax and fe...
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Nun from suburbs pleads no contest to sexually abusing schoolboys in '60sNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - A 79-year-old Roman Catholic nun from the South suburbs pleaded no contest Monday to two counts of indecent behavior with a child for asexual encounters with two male st...
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Eleven-year-old Chicago girl missingNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Authorities are searching for a missing 11-year-old Chicago girl. Chicago police say Sarah Montgomery was last seen Sunday on the city's South Side by her father. Montgo...
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Blagojevich's health-care expansion getting hard lookNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A panel of lawmakers today could decide the fate of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's unilateral attempt to expand health care to thousands of additional families, a...